Train hits pickup truck, injuring 63-year-old man

MARK R. KENT/Press-RegisterA 63-year-old man was injured May 30, 2020, when his pickup truck was struck by a freight train on Overlook Road near the former Shaw High School in Mobile, Ala., police said.

A 63-year-old man was injured about 4:10 p.m. today when his pickup truck was struck by a freight train on Overlook Road near the former Shaw High School, police said.

Spokesman Officer Christopher Levy said the unidentified man was taken to University of South Alabama Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Levy said the flashing red lights at the crossing were working when the man, going west, drove in front of the northbound Canadian National train.

The impact flipped the pickup and knocked it about 150 feet down Overlook Road. The train did not derail. The crossing does not have gates.